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• The lpr command to send ﬁles to the printer

• The lprm command to remove print jobs from the queue

• The lpq command to check a print queue

• The lpstat command to check a print queue (similar to lpq)

Refer to the lprsetup

(8), lpc(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpq(1), and lpstat(1)

reference pages for more information about these commands.

After a printer is set up and running on your system, you need to:

• Manage the system and take care of routine changes such as adding

new printers or changing the characteristics of existing printers

• Administer the print queues and ﬁles as your system needs change

• Control the daily operations and throughput of print jobs

10.4 Advanced Printing Software

In this release you have an option to install and use the Advanced Printing

Software from the associated products CD-ROM. Install the optional

subsets as described in Installation Guide and refer to the Advanced

Printing Software System Administration and Operation Guide. Note that

when the Advanced Printing Software is installed, you must conﬁgure a

gateway, as described in Section 10.5.2.

10.5 Using lprsetup to Set Up the Print System

This section describes the information you need in order to use the

lprsetup utility to connect a printer to your computer. Before proceeding,

verify that the printer is physically connected to your system, accessible on

the network (for remote printing), and has been tested as described in the

owner’s manual.

To use the lprsetup utility, you must have the Printer Support

Environment subset installed. To see if you have this subset installed, enter:

# setld -i | grep OSFPRINT

If the OSFPRINT subset is installed, the following information is displayed:

OSFPRINT400 installed Local Printer Support (Printing Environment)

If the OSFPRINT subset is not installed, see the Installation Guide for

information on adding this, or any, subset with the setld utility.

10.5.1 Gathering Information

Before adding a printer, you need to gather the information about the

printer that you will need to interact with the lprsetup program. The

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